Brooke Powers
@lbrookepowers.bsky.social
Managing Director of Academic Team, Open Up Resources, 2017 Milken Educator, Ted Lasso lover, Kentucky fan, Math Teacher
🎬 What If We’re the Ones Holding Back the Math (and Other Hard Questions With a Little Help From Pop Culture)
I’ve been working on something new 👀
Catch my session at the Make Math Moments Virtual Summit — Nov 15 • 6pm ET
✨ Free to join: summit.makemathmoments.com?sc=zFUq5dAx&...
#edchat #mtbos
I’ve been working on something new 👀
Catch my session at the Make Math Moments Virtual Summit — Nov 15 • 6pm ET
✨ Free to join: summit.makemathmoments.com?sc=zFUq5dAx&...
#edchat #mtbos
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🎬 What If We’re the Ones Holding Back the Math (and Other Hard Questions With a Little Help From Pop Culture)
I’ve been working on something new 👀
Catch my session at the Make Math Moments Virtual Summit — Nov 15 • 6pm ET
✨ Free to join: summit.makemathmoments.com?sc=zFUq5dAx&...
#edchat #mtbos
I’ve been working on something new 👀
Catch my session at the Make Math Moments Virtual Summit — Nov 15 • 6pm ET
✨ Free to join: summit.makemathmoments.com?sc=zFUq5dAx&...
#edchat #mtbos
What a week! 💜 From Leading Boldly at NCSM to the Math Remix Live Party at NCTM — so much joy, learning, and community. Grateful for old friends, new faces, and a whole lot of math magic. 🎧📚 #NCTM2025 #NCSM2025 #MathEducation
October 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What a week! 💜 From Leading Boldly at NCSM to the Math Remix Live Party at NCTM — so much joy, learning, and community. Grateful for old friends, new faces, and a whole lot of math magic. 🎧📚 #NCTM2025 #NCSM2025 #MathEducation
If Abbott Elementary had a math leadership spinoff… this would be it.
Join me tomorrow at NCSM for Leading Boldly: Elevating Math Instruction with Lessons Inspired by Abbott Elementary.
📅 Tuesday 12:45–1:45
📍 M-104
#NCSM2025 #AbbottElementary #MathLeadership #NCSMbold
Join me tomorrow at NCSM for Leading Boldly: Elevating Math Instruction with Lessons Inspired by Abbott Elementary.
📅 Tuesday 12:45–1:45
📍 M-104
#NCSM2025 #AbbottElementary #MathLeadership #NCSMbold
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
If Abbott Elementary had a math leadership spinoff… this would be it.
Join me tomorrow at NCSM for Leading Boldly: Elevating Math Instruction with Lessons Inspired by Abbott Elementary.
📅 Tuesday 12:45–1:45
📍 M-104
#NCSM2025 #AbbottElementary #MathLeadership #NCSMbold
Join me tomorrow at NCSM for Leading Boldly: Elevating Math Instruction with Lessons Inspired by Abbott Elementary.
📅 Tuesday 12:45–1:45
📍 M-104
#NCSM2025 #AbbottElementary #MathLeadership #NCSMbold
Conference season is here, and how you show up matters.
6 ways to make every session count:
1️⃣ New voices
2️⃣ Classroom teachers
3️⃣ Discomfort = growth
4️⃣ Hallway convos
5️⃣ Downtime to process
6️⃣ Capture what matters
Full post: Showing Up with Intention
www.brooke-powers.com/realtalk/con...
6 ways to make every session count:
1️⃣ New voices
2️⃣ Classroom teachers
3️⃣ Discomfort = growth
4️⃣ Hallway convos
5️⃣ Downtime to process
6️⃣ Capture what matters
Full post: Showing Up with Intention
www.brooke-powers.com/realtalk/con...
Six Ways to Make Conference Season Count — Brooke Powers — Bold Leadership, Real Talk, Lasting Impact
Practical tips for NCTM, NCSM, NCTE, and CMC conferences—how to show up with intention, connect authentically, and make every session count.
www.brooke-powers.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Conference season is here, and how you show up matters.
6 ways to make every session count:
1️⃣ New voices
2️⃣ Classroom teachers
3️⃣ Discomfort = growth
4️⃣ Hallway convos
5️⃣ Downtime to process
6️⃣ Capture what matters
Full post: Showing Up with Intention
www.brooke-powers.com/realtalk/con...
6 ways to make every session count:
1️⃣ New voices
2️⃣ Classroom teachers
3️⃣ Discomfort = growth
4️⃣ Hallway convos
5️⃣ Downtime to process
6️⃣ Capture what matters
Full post: Showing Up with Intention
www.brooke-powers.com/realtalk/con...
“Every voice matters. Joy belongs at the center of learning.” 💛
Excited to share my session at #NCSM2025 Atlanta:
Lessons in Belonging, Joy & Bold Leadership from Abbott Elementary
📅 Oct 14 | 12:45–1:45
📍 M-104
Come for the reflection, stay for the Abbott stickers 🖤
Excited to share my session at #NCSM2025 Atlanta:
Lessons in Belonging, Joy & Bold Leadership from Abbott Elementary
📅 Oct 14 | 12:45–1:45
📍 M-104
Come for the reflection, stay for the Abbott stickers 🖤
October 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“Every voice matters. Joy belongs at the center of learning.” 💛
Excited to share my session at #NCSM2025 Atlanta:
Lessons in Belonging, Joy & Bold Leadership from Abbott Elementary
📅 Oct 14 | 12:45–1:45
📍 M-104
Come for the reflection, stay for the Abbott stickers 🖤
Excited to share my session at #NCSM2025 Atlanta:
Lessons in Belonging, Joy & Bold Leadership from Abbott Elementary
📅 Oct 14 | 12:45–1:45
📍 M-104
Come for the reflection, stay for the Abbott stickers 🖤
“Mistakes aren’t failures in math — they’re the start of learning. 🌱
When classrooms make mistakes safe, kids take risks, explain their thinking, & find joy in the process.
That’s Humanizing Mathematics.
#MathEducation #JoyfulLearning”
When classrooms make mistakes safe, kids take risks, explain their thinking, & find joy in the process.
That’s Humanizing Mathematics.
#MathEducation #JoyfulLearning”
September 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Mistakes aren’t failures in math — they’re the start of learning. 🌱
When classrooms make mistakes safe, kids take risks, explain their thinking, & find joy in the process.
That’s Humanizing Mathematics.
#MathEducation #JoyfulLearning”
When classrooms make mistakes safe, kids take risks, explain their thinking, & find joy in the process.
That’s Humanizing Mathematics.
#MathEducation #JoyfulLearning”
So excited to be part of the 2025 Make Math Moments Virtual Summit! ✨
I’ll be sharing “What If We’re the Ones Holding Back the Math?” — a session mixing tough questions + pop culture to rethink how we show up for kids in math.
📅 Nov 14–16 | 🎟️ Free & virtual | Register at linke below!:
I’ll be sharing “What If We’re the Ones Holding Back the Math?” — a session mixing tough questions + pop culture to rethink how we show up for kids in math.
📅 Nov 14–16 | 🎟️ Free & virtual | Register at linke below!:
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So excited to be part of the 2025 Make Math Moments Virtual Summit! ✨
I’ll be sharing “What If We’re the Ones Holding Back the Math?” — a session mixing tough questions + pop culture to rethink how we show up for kids in math.
📅 Nov 14–16 | 🎟️ Free & virtual | Register at linke below!:
I’ll be sharing “What If We’re the Ones Holding Back the Math?” — a session mixing tough questions + pop culture to rethink how we show up for kids in math.
📅 Nov 14–16 | 🎟️ Free & virtual | Register at linke below!:
Hispanic Heritage Month begins today.
For multilingual learners, access isn’t just translation, it’s affirmation:
✨ Your language belongs here.
✨ Your culture belongs here.
Belonging must be designed from the start.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #EquityInEducation
For multilingual learners, access isn’t just translation, it’s affirmation:
✨ Your language belongs here.
✨ Your culture belongs here.
Belonging must be designed from the start.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #EquityInEducation
September 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month begins today.
For multilingual learners, access isn’t just translation, it’s affirmation:
✨ Your language belongs here.
✨ Your culture belongs here.
Belonging must be designed from the start.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #EquityInEducation
For multilingual learners, access isn’t just translation, it’s affirmation:
✨ Your language belongs here.
✨ Your culture belongs here.
Belonging must be designed from the start.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #EquityInEducation
📚✨ International Literacy Day reminds us that literacy is more than words. It's identity, joy, and possibility.
Sharing a favorite old photo of my girls reading together 💜
#InternationalLiteracyDay #TeachingTruths
Sharing a favorite old photo of my girls reading together 💜
#InternationalLiteracyDay #TeachingTruths
September 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
📚✨ International Literacy Day reminds us that literacy is more than words. It's identity, joy, and possibility.
Sharing a favorite old photo of my girls reading together 💜
#InternationalLiteracyDay #TeachingTruths
Sharing a favorite old photo of my girls reading together 💜
#InternationalLiteracyDay #TeachingTruths
Joyful learning isn’t fluff. It’s fuel.
When kids laugh, connect, & see themselves at work, they take bigger risks. They stretch. They grow.
Joy isn’t after the ‘real work.’ It is the real work.
How do you build joy into your practice?
#JoyfulLearning #TeachingTruths
When kids laugh, connect, & see themselves at work, they take bigger risks. They stretch. They grow.
Joy isn’t after the ‘real work.’ It is the real work.
How do you build joy into your practice?
#JoyfulLearning #TeachingTruths
September 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Joyful learning isn’t fluff. It’s fuel.
When kids laugh, connect, & see themselves at work, they take bigger risks. They stretch. They grow.
Joy isn’t after the ‘real work.’ It is the real work.
How do you build joy into your practice?
#JoyfulLearning #TeachingTruths
When kids laugh, connect, & see themselves at work, they take bigger risks. They stretch. They grow.
Joy isn’t after the ‘real work.’ It is the real work.
How do you build joy into your practice?
#JoyfulLearning #TeachingTruths
How long does it take new materials to feel in place?
Research: 3–5 years. 🌱
Not failure — the reality of deep change.
The key isn’t ‘fidelity.’ It’s integrity: honoring both design + local context.
What’s worked (or not worked) for you?
#MathEducation #CurriculumLeadership
Research: 3–5 years. 🌱
Not failure — the reality of deep change.
The key isn’t ‘fidelity.’ It’s integrity: honoring both design + local context.
What’s worked (or not worked) for you?
#MathEducation #CurriculumLeadership
September 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
How long does it take new materials to feel in place?
Research: 3–5 years. 🌱
Not failure — the reality of deep change.
The key isn’t ‘fidelity.’ It’s integrity: honoring both design + local context.
What’s worked (or not worked) for you?
#MathEducation #CurriculumLeadership
Research: 3–5 years. 🌱
Not failure — the reality of deep change.
The key isn’t ‘fidelity.’ It’s integrity: honoring both design + local context.
What’s worked (or not worked) for you?
#MathEducation #CurriculumLeadership
A few weeks ago, I dropped a teaser full of silhouettes.
At HIVE, Pop Culture Chaos and Teaching Truths! came to life—and it was loud, honest, and full of heart.
Still thinking about where it might go next.
#HIVE2025 #PopCulture#MiniNote #TeacherTruths #OURHIVE
At HIVE, Pop Culture Chaos and Teaching Truths! came to life—and it was loud, honest, and full of heart.
Still thinking about where it might go next.
#HIVE2025 #PopCulture#MiniNote #TeacherTruths #OURHIVE
August 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A few weeks ago, I dropped a teaser full of silhouettes.
At HIVE, Pop Culture Chaos and Teaching Truths! came to life—and it was loud, honest, and full of heart.
Still thinking about where it might go next.
#HIVE2025 #PopCulture#MiniNote #TeacherTruths #OURHIVE
At HIVE, Pop Culture Chaos and Teaching Truths! came to life—and it was loud, honest, and full of heart.
Still thinking about where it might go next.
#HIVE2025 #PopCulture#MiniNote #TeacherTruths #OURHIVE
July 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Still reflecting on two incredible sessions at #LitMath2025
Abbott was standing room only — real talk, laughter and joy.
My other session went deep on language, identity, and access.
Catch Abbott again at HIVE and NCSM.
Ted Lasso’s coming to CMC North. Let’s go.
Abbott was standing room only — real talk, laughter and joy.
My other session went deep on language, identity, and access.
Catch Abbott again at HIVE and NCSM.
Ted Lasso’s coming to CMC North. Let’s go.
June 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Still reflecting on two incredible sessions at #LitMath2025
Abbott was standing room only — real talk, laughter and joy.
My other session went deep on language, identity, and access.
Catch Abbott again at HIVE and NCSM.
Ted Lasso’s coming to CMC North. Let’s go.
Abbott was standing room only — real talk, laughter and joy.
My other session went deep on language, identity, and access.
Catch Abbott again at HIVE and NCSM.
Ted Lasso’s coming to CMC North. Let’s go.
I'd love to see you today if you are at #LitMath25!
Experience some ready-to-use routines for Literacy and Math you can implement with ease!
Experience some ready-to-use routines for Literacy and Math you can implement with ease!
June 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'd love to see you today if you are at #LitMath25!
Experience some ready-to-use routines for Literacy and Math you can implement with ease!
Experience some ready-to-use routines for Literacy and Math you can implement with ease!
📺✨ Lessons in Equity, Belonging, and Joyful Learning from Abbott Elementary
🗓 Tuesday, June 17 | ⏰ 10:30 AM
📍 NCTE–NCTM Joint Conference | Salon 7 & 8, Lower Level
We'll have a great time, and 💥 Bonus: I’ve got some seriously awesome Abbott stickers to share.
#LitMath2025
🗓 Tuesday, June 17 | ⏰ 10:30 AM
📍 NCTE–NCTM Joint Conference | Salon 7 & 8, Lower Level
We'll have a great time, and 💥 Bonus: I’ve got some seriously awesome Abbott stickers to share.
#LitMath2025
June 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📺✨ Lessons in Equity, Belonging, and Joyful Learning from Abbott Elementary
🗓 Tuesday, June 17 | ⏰ 10:30 AM
📍 NCTE–NCTM Joint Conference | Salon 7 & 8, Lower Level
We'll have a great time, and 💥 Bonus: I’ve got some seriously awesome Abbott stickers to share.
#LitMath2025
🗓 Tuesday, June 17 | ⏰ 10:30 AM
📍 NCTE–NCTM Joint Conference | Salon 7 & 8, Lower Level
We'll have a great time, and 💥 Bonus: I’ve got some seriously awesome Abbott stickers to share.
#LitMath2025
📣 Chicago, get ready — I'm bringing my best Janine Teague's energy to the 2025 Joint Conference for Elementary Literacy and Mathematics!
Come for the strategies, stay for the Barbara Howard-level wisdom (and maybe a few Janine-style jokes). 😄
See you at #LitMath2025! @nctm.org
Come for the strategies, stay for the Barbara Howard-level wisdom (and maybe a few Janine-style jokes). 😄
See you at #LitMath2025! @nctm.org
April 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📣 Chicago, get ready — I'm bringing my best Janine Teague's energy to the 2025 Joint Conference for Elementary Literacy and Mathematics!
Come for the strategies, stay for the Barbara Howard-level wisdom (and maybe a few Janine-style jokes). 😄
See you at #LitMath2025! @nctm.org
Come for the strategies, stay for the Barbara Howard-level wisdom (and maybe a few Janine-style jokes). 😄
See you at #LitMath2025! @nctm.org
Left Central CA with a full heart + big dreams 💙
Shared what Ted Lasso might say about the CA Math Framework (“be curious, not judgmental”) + got to see the amazing @howiehua.bsky.social + @cmmteach.bsky.social + @duanehabecker.com !
Big things ahead for our Cali!🍊✏️
Shared what Ted Lasso might say about the CA Math Framework (“be curious, not judgmental”) + got to see the amazing @howiehua.bsky.social + @cmmteach.bsky.social + @duanehabecker.com !
Big things ahead for our Cali!🍊✏️
April 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Left Central CA with a full heart + big dreams 💙
Shared what Ted Lasso might say about the CA Math Framework (“be curious, not judgmental”) + got to see the amazing @howiehua.bsky.social + @cmmteach.bsky.social + @duanehabecker.com !
Big things ahead for our Cali!🍊✏️
Shared what Ted Lasso might say about the CA Math Framework (“be curious, not judgmental”) + got to see the amazing @howiehua.bsky.social + @cmmteach.bsky.social + @duanehabecker.com !
Big things ahead for our Cali!🍊✏️
What a week!
Started the week at Eastern Guilford HS supporting teachers with strategies to boost discourse + engage MLLs. Ended at Charter Oak Intl Academy with Georgina Rivera—saw joyful, inquiry-based learning in action. More on that soon! ✨📚 #EdLeadership #edchat #schoolsmatter
Started the week at Eastern Guilford HS supporting teachers with strategies to boost discourse + engage MLLs. Ended at Charter Oak Intl Academy with Georgina Rivera—saw joyful, inquiry-based learning in action. More on that soon! ✨📚 #EdLeadership #edchat #schoolsmatter
April 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What a week!
Started the week at Eastern Guilford HS supporting teachers with strategies to boost discourse + engage MLLs. Ended at Charter Oak Intl Academy with Georgina Rivera—saw joyful, inquiry-based learning in action. More on that soon! ✨📚 #EdLeadership #edchat #schoolsmatter
Started the week at Eastern Guilford HS supporting teachers with strategies to boost discourse + engage MLLs. Ended at Charter Oak Intl Academy with Georgina Rivera—saw joyful, inquiry-based learning in action. More on that soon! ✨📚 #EdLeadership #edchat #schoolsmatter
Having the best time at #NCTE24 in Boston with the most amazing #ELA team ever!
My Top 3 Highlights:
🦻Hearing Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speak
🤣 Laughing with Kate McKinnon during her keynote
❤️ Reflecting on Love and Pedagogy with Gholdy Muhammad and Lorena German
My Top 3 Highlights:
🦻Hearing Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speak
🤣 Laughing with Kate McKinnon during her keynote
❤️ Reflecting on Love and Pedagogy with Gholdy Muhammad and Lorena German
November 22, 2024 at 8:52 PM
November 20, 2024 at 10:18 PM